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My mom let me watch whatever, play whatever, and bed time was more of a guideline 
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Mine would beat me savagely if they caught me listening to music instead of studying the Bible, and every summer I'd get sent to straight camp just to be sure #justamericanthings
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Mar 26, 2018 06:59
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To put the wayback machine a little bit, people in their late-20s/earlyish-30s spent their 8-18yo years in what? That window of about 1997-2004 or so? So, you would have maybe had South Park, anime and Adult Swim content out there that would be more appealing to that same demographic with little competition in their timeslots. Simpsons I thought had some counterprogramming competition around 15 years ago, too. If the parents were in control of the TV on Sunday nights, in the era of pretty much if you missed it on first run, you'd probably not see it again until reruns or if you were curious enough to pick up the DVDs, there was other stuff on that you were being told that was going to get watched, instead. I seemed to recall posting about something similar in this window a while back and found that post: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3808768&pagenumber=11&perpage=40#post469206506 JediTalentAgent fucked around with this message at 09:04 on Mar 26, 2018 |
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Mar 26, 2018 08:58
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The Simpsons was being heavily syndicated as early as 1995 on local Fox stations. That’s when, at 10 years old, I started getting into it. Before then, my parents didn’t like us watching it but never outright forbade it. Once it hit syndication I think all the outrage over it died out for most people.
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Mar 26, 2018 21:58
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Looking back at the Simpsons and South Park both of them have a clear moment where the creators told the audience they were done trying and it was just gonna be the established formula forever. In the Simpson's it was the Tamzarian episode. South Park had the You're Getting Old two parter. Now you have predictive texts writing better Simpsons pitches than actual episodes and the last time I watched South Park it was a Black Friday episode that literally ends with a commercial for the Stick of Truth.
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Mar 26, 2018 22:12
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Phlegmish posted:I keep seeing this, what the gently caress, how do so many people have Taliban parents I feel like it was more of a perception that it was contributing to the moral decay of America. Remember the 80's had the satanic panic.
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Mar 26, 2018 22:17
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Several of my friends including the woman I'm seeing right now all had parents that wouldn't allow them to watch The Simpsons lol.. It's really sad actually because they see all the memes and .. nothing registers. saddest thing i'd ever saw... My folks were a lot more lenient. aka my dad taped the original Hanky the Christmas Poo episode of South Park -- I was confused when he excitedly told me about it and didn't know what he was talking about until we watched it we laughed until we cried. good memory.
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Mar 26, 2018 23:00
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You could catch the Simpsons four times a night for awhile in the mid 90s in weekday syndication. Then a new episode on Sunday nights. I was always bummed that it wasn't on on Saturdays.
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Mar 27, 2018 00:34
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Razorwired posted:Looking back at the Simpsons and South Park both of them have a clear moment where the creators told the audience they were done trying and it was just gonna be the established formula forever. well if you'd kept watching slightly further into the future you'd discover that southpark ditched their structural formula partially and then completely for a couple of seasons and it ended up being pretty bad but they're definitely loving around in a way the simpsons never has.
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Mar 27, 2018 00:38
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basic hitler posted:well if you'd kept watching slightly further into the future you'd discover that southpark ditched their structural formula partially and then completely for a couple of seasons and it ended up being pretty bad but they're definitely loving around in a way the simpsons never has. Also that South Park episode ended with a joke about how the Stick of Truth was in development hell.
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Mar 27, 2018 00:41
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LIVE AMMO ROLEPLAY posted:Also that South Park episode ended with a joke about how the Stick of Truth was in development hell. actually it was basically done, the publisher filed bankruptcy and the clusterfuck that was THQ nearly killed the studio producing stick of truth, Obsidian, and a lot of bad things happened to cool video games franchises as a result, like homeworld ending up in the hands of Gearbox. in this chaos, stick of truth had to sit, unreleased, while who was actually gonna publish was sorted out
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Mar 27, 2018 00:44
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basic hitler posted:actually it was basically done, the publisher filed bankruptcy and the clusterfuck that was THQ nearly killed the studio producing stick of truth, Obsidian, and a lot of bad things happened to cool video games franchises as a result, like homeworld ending up in the hands of Gearbox. I guess that would be publisher hell then.
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Mar 27, 2018 00:47
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Stick of Truth would've been so much better if the plot wasn't just a collection of references to all their famous episodes.
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Mar 27, 2018 01:02
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Apparently there’s a new lovely flashback episode that people are mad about. I’m starting to think that they’re pulling stuff like this and gimmick sequel episodes just to get people talking online.
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Mar 27, 2018 01:05
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Last Chance posted:Several of my friends including the woman I'm seeing right now all had parents that wouldn't allow them to watch The Simpsons lol.. It's really sad actually because they see all the memes and .. nothing registers. saddest thing i'd ever saw... My parents got me into South Park too. They thought the swearing kids were hilarious, so taped it for me and my brother. The VHS tapes got passed round all my friends and I got to be the cool kid for a little while.
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Mar 27, 2018 01:08
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in most recent simpsons: seconds long close ups of marges sashaying rear end. im not remotely joking. good god its bad
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Apr 2, 2018 09:27
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Milo and POTUS posted:in most recent simpsons: seconds long close ups of marges sashaying rear end. im not remotely joking. good god its bad Balding writer in his 60s: get with the times, prude
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Apr 3, 2018 02:44
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yeah but I bet the animation quality is so bad you can't even jerk off to it
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Apr 3, 2018 03:09
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Data Graham posted:I grew up in California with pretty laid-back parents. When I was 14, we had a family vacation to the East Coast where for whatever reason they sent me and my younger brother ahead to stay with our super-religious aunt and uncle and their huge family in Ohio for a few days before we all caravanned out to the East in their RV to meet up with my folks. Why wasn't Flanders at church in that episode?
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Apr 4, 2018 01:41
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screaden posted:Why wasn't Flanders at church in that episode?
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Apr 4, 2018 01:43
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is this real
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Apr 7, 2018 14:48
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Ein cooler Typ posted:is this real S21E12: "Boy Meets Curl" The Simpsons head to the 2010 Winter Olympics where Marge and Homer compete as part of a mixed curling team and Lisa becomes addicted to collecting Olympic pins. Guest Star: Bob Costas
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Apr 7, 2018 15:39
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Ein cooler Typ posted:is this real Embarrassing laughless attempt at relevancy? Checks out.
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Apr 7, 2018 19:03
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Ein cooler Typ posted:is this real Is google difficult for you
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Apr 7, 2018 19:12
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I had that season downloaded as an insomnia remedy. The gag is that Homer and Marge are curling in the Olympics and you think "broomwork" is a reference to that. The only reason I bring it up is that the joke is even in universe nobody watches the Simpsons anymore.
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Apr 7, 2018 22:40
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But who can forget the great new side character that very same episode gave us? We'll never need Poochy again with this guy around.
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Apr 8, 2018 02:54
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Homsar fell on some rough times 
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Apr 8, 2018 03:19
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Scudworth posted:Is google difficult for you Yeah you dumb fucker, don't ask a question in a thread about the specific picture that will be asked instantly, go onto google and hope someone made a point of mentioning this picture is real and then take their word for It. Goons are the worst.
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What was the lowest point of Goons?
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Caught up on the last couple weeks. Flashback episode where Homer and Marge lived in Capitol City along with every secondary character for some reason. Baby Bart cost Homer a job where he had a piece of a tooth whitening strip company that was destined to make billions, and then he cost Marge her job as a nightlife reporter. It was pretty bland, but it did have a Bill Plympton couch gag that I guess was interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEuT9sePcI4 It seems like they learned not to put a year on the flashback episodes, but the episode did look like a late 2000s pastiche. Also, Marge was impregnated by a homer sperm wearing a sweater, glasses and playing the saxophone. The next one Skinner retires. Ralph does a rap song. I dunno somehow the episode was about creepy clown sightings. Bart goes to rehab for pranks. For some reason, Ranier Wolfcastle is doing community theater. It sucked.
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Apr 8, 2018 03:59
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The point of posting is not only to find out if it's real, but to foster further discussion of the image as well
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Apr 8, 2018 04:00
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PostNouveau posted:Caught up on the last couple weeks. I think you included the wrong link unless The Simpsons got really loving interesting and I should check it out again.
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Apr 8, 2018 04:00
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Justin Godscock posted:I think you included the wrong link unless The Simpsons got really loving interesting and I should check it out again. Eh, what would you rather watch? A guy going to town on zombies with a lawn mower, or a weird couch gag? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbI8kJuSkkY&t=1s
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PostNouveau posted:It was pretty bland, but it did have a Bill Plympton couch gag that I guess was interesting. That was way better than what I expected to see.
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Apr 8, 2018 04:09
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The Simpsons have gotten a lot better since they embraced ultra-gore
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PostNouveau posted:Eh, what would you rather watch? A guy going to town on zombies with a lawn mower, or a weird couch gag? This was also good. The disconnect between the creativity of the guest gags and the show itself continues to astonish.
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PostNouveau posted:The Simpsons have gotten a lot better since they embraced ultra-gore You know, Fox turned into a hardcore violence channel so gradually I hardly noticed.
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One of the things I hate most about the recent seasons is that they do these flashback episodes where everyone is the same age. What kind of town is populated almost entirely by people in their late 30's with a tiny sprinkling of old people/kids?? It's unnatural and creepy!
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It's kind of weird how early on Barney was clearly Homer's best friend and eventually they just started moving away from that into even removing him from flashback episodes and now young Homer is constantly hanging out with Lenny and Karl instead.
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muscles like this! posted:It's kind of weird how early on Barney was clearly Homer's best friend and eventually they just started moving away from that into even removing him from flashback episodes and now young Homer is constantly hanging out with Lenny and Karl instead. Barney got boring when he quit drinking. Speaking of which, has Homer run a microbrewery yet?
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